Example 2

What was a guiding principle of the New Deal economic policies?a. Pro-business tax breaks would solve the problems associated with urban poverty.
b. Antitrust legislation would destroy the free market economy of the United States.
c. Rugged individualism must be allowed to solve social inequality.
d. Government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor.

Example 4

Example 5

Base your answer to the question underneath on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which statement about President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans for a second term most accurately expresses the main idea of the cartoon?a. Congress will give President Roosevelt a free hand to lead the nation.
b. The American people will trust Congress to control President Roosevelt.
c. President Roosevelt will seek direction from the people.
d. The Great Depression will no longer be a serious concern.

Example 6

A major reason for creating the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1933 was toa. build and manage a turnpike in the valley
b. provide health care benefits for southerners
c. encourage African Americans to settle in the valley
d. improve economic conditions in a poor rural region

Example 7

The political cartoon below depicts President Franklin Roosevelt in 1934.

Based on the cartoon, how did President Roosevelt want to ease the Great Depression?A. by expanding the role of government in citizens’ lives
B. by expanding the authority of legislative representatives
C. by regulating the stock purchases by individual investors
D. by restricting the spending by government on domestic projects

Example 10

Use the quotation in the box below and your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the following question.

“Little by little the American federation is transforming itself into a union, marked by the growth in importance of the role of the federal capital. In the beginning the U.S. had only a small federal bureaucracy. Today, the central administration is powerful and rich.

--Andre Maurois in “This Was America”

Author Andre Maurois traveled through the U.S. in the 1930s and observed a growing unity in the American people. How did the New Deal help bring Americans closer together?

A. The New Deal involved the federal government trying to fix a national problem.

B. New Deal jobs and public works programs gave people something to agree upon.

C. President Roosevelt, who designed the New Deal, was elected four times.

D. The New Deal encouraged the spread of popular culture through radio and movies.